Sunday, June 17, 2012

It's Summer Time

I decided to do a summer vignette on my favorite surface to play with, my buffet. This thing has turned into my own little decorating lab. A small house makes you get creative with what you have. It's a fun challenge to try and keep things interesting but not cluttered and busy in 1200 square feet. I kind of wanted it a little beachy but not in a typical way. I drove everybody nuts moving and changing things about a million times.

I moved my lamps from the side tables and added them to the buffet. The hydrangeas are courtesy of my garden's Nikko Blue and Blue Wave shrubs. I added sea glass to a vintage mason jar that I found at a thrift store, love the zinc lid. I added sea shells to a milk glass bowl and placed them on my bumble bee tray along with a piece of coral. I bought the lantern at the Christmas Tree Shoppe. It's deep and wide and as soon as I saw it I knew it would be perfect for making vignettes or an assemblage. I added coral, shells, a sea fan and a candle inside.

Hydrangeas and seashells remind me of my childhood growing up at the Jersey Shore. Thanks for looking! I'll be joining these ladies this week;

Hi Karen. I love your vignette. You make it sound so easy poking something here and something there. Everything is so pretty and your hydrangeas just set it off.Thanks for popping in to see me.Be a sweetie,Shelia ;)

This is STUNNING! I am so happy to have found your blog -- I TOO live in a 1200 Sq Ft house and it is a challenge to make it homey and unique. Your style is wonderful and I love the way you changed this buffet out for the summer. The soft colors of the sea glass and hydrangeas really pull it all together!

That's a great looking buffet to play around with, Karen! Your Summer vignette looks wonderful on it. Love the lamps and that arched window/mirror. Great lantern ~ it just calls out for more than a candle. Love how it says Summer yet is simple and light looking.

This is such a beautiful vignette! Love the soft color palette but you've achieved so much depth!! Gotta love hydrangeas in the summer, they are so pretty. I love my old mason jars with their zinc lids, you can do so much with them!! Ah, the good old Jersey Shore!! I grew up just on the other side of the line in PA and we had plenty of trips to the beach near you:)

Perfect! Your styling is gorgeous! Visiting from Savvy Southern Style. Would love it if you would share this post at my Make it Pretty Monday @TheDedicatedHouse. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2012/06/make-it-pretty-monday-week-2.html Wishing you a grand evening. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse

Your vignette is absolutely gorgeous! It's raining here in New Zealand, our winter but seeing this lovely display makes me remember that it won't be too many more months before Summer and I can walk my little dog down the beach.

Karen, one of the prettiest beach/seashell vignettes I have ever seen! All of your tweaking was certainly worth it. Thanks so much for sharing it with us. I saw your post over at "Savvy Southern Style".

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I have been married for 33 years and have two beautiful adult daughters and two Bichon fur babies.I was head designer for many years for a large craft store chain. I've discovered many kindred spirits in the blog world and am proud to be a part of this community.